April 15, 2015
KU’s Research Caliber: strengthen skills and retain top performers
- Held Thursday Research Topics (TRT) session on cost transfers (31 attendees).
- Office of Research experts presented at the regional SRA on the following topics:
- Funding Development: Best Practices from Multiple Disciplines presented by Alicia Reed and Damon Talbott (Graduate Studies)
- Proposal Budget Development workshop (1/2 day session) presented by Nancy Biles, Brad Bernet, Megan Todd, Dan Coonfield
- Cost Transfers – What? Why? And How? presented by Elena Semyonova-Smith and Anita Abel
- Post-Submission to Award Acceptance Content Level presented by Bill Sharp and Deborah Maloney (KUMCRI)
Pursue System Improvements: implement tools that increase faculty and administrative efficiency; collaborate with KUMC where feasible
- Working on SSC view of budget summaries in Image Now
- Working on improvement of cost transfer form for Image Now
- Working on improvement of close letter form for Image Now
- Implementing new form for request for Provisional accounts for Image Now
KUCR Efficiency: strengthen operations, processes, and overall effectiveness
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